NNPA NEWSWIRE — The government funding deadline of November 17th is fast approaching, and we’re paralyzed, unable to advance legislation to keep the government running. Instead...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a news release, the White House cited President Biden’s previous call to arms for federal agencies, Congress, and private enterprises to combat...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Founded by the Innocence Network, a collective of organizations dedicated to offering pro-bono legal and investigative services for those seeking exoneration, Wrongful Conviction...
By Post Staff East Oakland’s Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church bore witness to an impactful event as Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price met and prayed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 1988, Operation Ranch Hand scientist and Air Force researcher Dr. James Clary wrote to Senator Tom Daschle that “when we initiated the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Given the fact that today in America, Black Americans and other communities of color are being told to shut up, stay asleep, don’t...
By Kumari Fabio, MA and Daktari S. Hicks, PsyD Where would our community be without the aid, guidance, and support of our treatment providers, practitioners, and...
By Katie Dixon Moina Shaiq Rev. Derron Jenkins Norma Nelson, a lifetime Black Women Organized for Political Action member (Sacramento Chapter) and founding member of the...
By Y’Anad Burrell As Father’s Day is upon us, three Black clergymen have published a book of prayers that have worked for them as they navigated...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vice President Kamala Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has...
The proposal closes a $360 million two-year deficit while investing in affordable housing, infrastructure, and early childhood education. By Post Staff Mayor Sheng Thao this week released her “One Oakland” Fiscal...
Despite retaining top spot, work continues to tackle inequities San Rafael, CA – Marin County again has been ranked the healthiest of California’s 58 counties because of...
By Ken Epstein The Marcus Foster Education Institute (MFEI), a nonprofit that works for equity and enhanced education opportunities for Oakland students and families, is celebrating...
By Thomas Peele, Emma Gallegos and Daniel J. Willis EdSource As heavy storms keep pounding California with torrential rains and a record Sierra snowpack is poised...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...
By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower...
By Loan-Anh Pham San Jose Spotlight A popular Bay Area charter school system is closing its two Sunnyvale campuses this June despite months of attempts to...
“We were elected to end a harmful era of unjust school closures and mergers carried out in Oakland’s Black and Brown communities” On March 1, 2023,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Davis said her group had installed “living containers and living facilities” that provided families with things like furniture and bunk beds, as well...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Department of Education announced $63 million in new five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants...
“We’re offering scholarships for anyone who wants to become a teacher. $20,000,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Tony Thurmond told California Black Media. “I sponsored...
By Ben Jealous It strikes me that the days we’re living through represent a metaphor for our national dilemma. Jan. 6 and the weight of history...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “To the extent that the state of Louisiana can try to make this right, that’s what we’re gonna try to do,” Edwards said...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden and Congressional Democrats are engineering a Great Recovery of, for and by the American People. From day one, we have focused...
District had promised not to retaliate against employees protesting school closures By Ken Epstein The Oakland teachers’ union has accused the Oakland Unified School District of...
